The top strap checkering is cool, but I don't like the cylinder window gap or the tapered barrel. Being a .38/.357 makes it heavier than the other N frames, too (I admit, that's stretching it a bit...). Too big for a .357, I always thought.
I had a 4" 27-2 in nickel but traded it off. Mine was a transition model with the recessed cylinder but no pinned barrel, and that bothered me! The nickel was beautiful, much better than my 19-4's (traded that one for a 2.5" 66-1). I will eventually get a 4" 29-2 to replace it, and that's why I kept the presentation case. It did shoot great, but I don't miss it yet - I got a BSS Python to replace it.
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